Book or tablet.



No. 650,597. Patented May 29, 1900.

c. L. BENEDICT. BOOK on TABLET.

(Application filed Dec. 6, 1899.)

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C. L. BENEDICT.

BOOK 0R TABLE-Tr (Application filed Dec. 6, 1899.)

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' UNITED STATES.

PATENT Orrrcn.

CHARLES LEWIS BENEDICT, OF BROCKVIIILE, CANADA.-

BOOK OR TABLET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 6 dated May 29, Applioation filed. December 6,1899. Serial No. 739,396. (No model.)

To to whom it may. concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES Lnwrs BENE- DICT, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Brockville, in the county of Leeds, Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Books or Tablets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improvement in a book or tablet; andit consists in the novel features hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form in which I have contemplated embodying my invention, and said invention is fully disclosed in the following description and claims.

Referring to the said drawings, Figure, 1 represents a perspective View of a book or tablet embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional View of the same through the lateral flaps. Fig. 3 represents one of the leaves forming a combined lettersheet and envelop removed from the book and folded into envelop form preparatory to sealing. Figs. 4 and 5 represent, respectively, longitudinal and transverse sectional views through the folded letter-sheet envelop.

- The object of my invention is to provide a book or tablet having a series of removable leaves in the form of a combined letter-sheet and envelop provided with lateral sealingflaps and a series of permanent leaves of the same size and shape as the removable leaves, excepting that they have no flaps, said permanent leaves alternating with the removable leaves, the whole being arranged so that by inserting a sheet of carbon or manifolding paper between one of the removable leaves and the next lower permanent leaf the envelop can be addressed, the letter written, and a perfect and exact duplicate of the envelopaddress and the letter will be made on the permanent leaf. The removable leaf is then removed and folded to form an envelop,sealed, and mailed, the permanent leaf remaining in the book. When all the removable leaves have been used, the book will form a file or letter book giving the contents of all the letters written on the removable leaves thereof and the envelop-address of each.

In Fig. 1 I have shown a perspective view of a book embodying my invention. A rep resents one of the removable leaves, which 7 distance below the line a the sheet A is provided on opposite sides with the flaps A A These flaps may be formed inseveral difierout ways; but I have shown my preferred form in the drawings. rectangular in shape, its lateral width being a little over one-half of the width of the central or main portion of the leaf A and the up per and lower edges a a converging slightly. Theflap A is of substantially the same lat eral width as flap A, but has-its corners cut away, as shown at a a, leaving a central tongue at", the cut-away portions being so arranged that when the flap A is folded rearwardly and the flap A is also folded rearwardly the edges of flap A willextend over the tongue a and also over the flap a in rear of the base of said tongue, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3. The outer edge of flap A is gummed, asindicated at of, onits under side, the gummed portion being wide enough to extend on both sides of the tongue of, as shown in dotted lines/Fig. 3. The portion of the sheet or leaf A below the fiapsis of a size to form two or three folds of aboutthe vertical width of the flaps A A In this instance I have shown it of a length to make two of .suoh folds; but it may be longer, if desired.

In folding the sheet after it is detached from the book or tablet by tearing on line a the bottom portion is folded up on dotted line a Fig. 1, and the two folds are folded back on dotted line a", Fig. 1, so that they lie beneath the portion of the sheet between .the flaps. The upper portion is then folded back on line a so as to overlie the two folds of the bottom portion, as shown in Fig. 3, said upper portion being shorter in a direction longitudinally of the sheet than the width of the flaps in the same direction. The flap A is then folded back on line a and the flap A is The flap A is nearly 7 folded back on line a.

By reference to Fig. 3 it will be seen that when the gummed portion a of flap A is moistened and the flaps scaled down the said gum med portion will adhere to the flap A and will also adhere to the upper fold on one side of the tongue (1. and one of the bottom folds on the other side of said tongue, thus forming a triple seal, which prevents the writing on the sheet from being examined and prevents the envelop from being tampered with in any way without show in g the efiects of such tampering. It will also be seen that inclosures can be placed within the envelop beforei't is sealed and they will be securely retained therein. B represents one of the permanent leaves, which is preferably of exactly the same size and shape as the removable leaves A, except that it has no lateral flaps. The permanent or copy-receiving leaves alternate with the removable leaves, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In the latter figure in order to make the arrangement more clear I have shown. a carbonsheet C between each removable leaf and the permanent one beneath it; but in practice one'carbon-sheet would be sufficient for many letters, as it could be moved from one leaf to another. The permanent and removable l'eaves' are suitably bound or united in any desired way at the end adjacent to the stub portions of the removable leaves. In using my improved book or tablet the operator will place a carbon-sheet 0 between one of the removable leaves and the permanent leaf. between it. He will then write the address of his correspondent on the portion of sheetA between the flaps, thus addressing the envelop and the letter as well and. at the same time causing an exact copy of the envelop-address'to be produced on the perma-' nent sheet B beneath. The letter will then be written upon the portion of sheet A below the flaps. I have shown in Fig. 1 this portion of the removable and permanent sheets, i

provided with certain printed matter in the form of a letter, leaving blank spaces to be filled in',and my invention contemplates printing the sheets for different classes of business to facilitate the transaction of business but it is obvious that these portions of the sheets can be left entirely blank, and the entire letter may be written, if desired. In either case the permanent sheet will receive an exact copy of the characters written upon the removable sheet. After the letter has been written upon the removable sheet the said sheet is removed, folded, and sealed, as before described, and mailed. When all of the removable sheets have been used and removed from the book, the book will remain a file of exact copies of all the letters written on the removable sheets thereof,'even to the envelop add resses.

correspondents and are unable to tell whether the delay is or is not due to an incorrect address upon the envelop, as there is no con- It frequently happens that persons do not hear promptly from their venient way in the ordinary transaction of business to preserve copies of envelop-addresses. My improved device meets this difficulty without addingv to the labor of the writer, as the address of the letter forms the the retained copy.

In using my device there are no loose sheets containing letter copies to care for, as the copies are left upon the'permanent sheets and nreed never be removed from the book. Of course if itwere-desired these copy-receivin g sheets ,could be torn out and filed separately if the-user found it convenient or desirable, and even in such case the use of this device would be found verydesirable in providing a copy of the envelop-address.

What I claim, and desire to secure by'Let ters Patent, is- V 1. A book or tablet havinga series of leaves forming letter-sheets, each comprising a main body having a portion for receiving the envelop-address', a portion for receiving the body of the letter, and provided with sealingflaps, extending laterally from the addressreceiving portion of the main body,and a series of copy-receiving leaves alternating with the letter-sheetleaves, said copy-rece'iving leaves ;being of substantially the form and size of the main body'of said lettersheet leaves, 5 without the said flaps, whereby" the copy reg ceiving leaves will receive a copy of' the en velop-address and the body of the letter,'substantially as described. I

; movable leaves forming letter --sheets, and 1 comprising, each, a main body provided with a substantially-central portion for receiving the envelopaddress, and sealin g -flaps exi tending laterallyjfrom said address-receivi-n g 1 portion, and a series of permanent copy-receiving leaves, having substantially the form 5 of the main body of the letter-sheet-leavem exelusive of said flaps and alternating with said letter-sheet'leaves,substantially as described. 3. A book or tablet having a series of permanent copy-receiving leaves, and aseries of E removable leaves alternating therewith, each E of said removable leaves having a main body 5 of substantially the same form and size as the copy-receiving leaves, and having a substanf tially-central address-receivingportion,adapt ed to receive the envelop-address, a letter-re- I ceiving portion below the address-receiving portion, a flap above said address-receiving portion, and sealing-flaps extending laterally from said address-receivin g portion and adapted one to overlap the other when folded, one 3 of said flaps having portions at its outer end cut away to permit the other flap to be sealed f flap, substantially as described.

4:. A book or tablet having a series of copyreceiving leaves,and a series of removable letter-sheet-envelop leaves, alternating therewith each of said removable leaves having a substantially-central address-receiving por 2. A book or tablet having a series of reenvelop-address and. is exactly reproduced in fdown upon the part beneath said cut-away tion, sealed flaps extending laterally thereof, a part below the address-receiving portion adapted to fold in rear thereof, a part above the address-receiving portion of less width, longitudinally of the sheet than the flaps, adapted to fold upon the other folded part of the sheet, one of said flaps having cut-away portions on each side at its end forming a central tongue whereby the other flap .may be sealed upon the said tongue and upon the up- 10 per and lower folded portions on opposite sides of the tongue, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES LEWIS BENEDICT. Witnesses:

G. E. MCGLADE, C. E. WILTsIE. 

